Water-waver appliance



Aug. 31 1926.

M. DEWEY WATER WAVER APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 16. 1925 FIG. I

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Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

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MABEL DEWEY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO LAURA HUBBARD, OF ST.

i LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WATEB-WAVER APPLIANCE.

Application filed December 16, 1925.

lily invention relates to improvements in toilet appliances, and moreparticularly to an attachment forwater-waving combs,

whereby the operation of water-waving may be more easily and efficientlyaccomplished.

My invent-ionhas among its other objects, the provision of devices 'ofthe kind described, that will be simple, convenient, strong and sturdyin structure, very economical of manufacture, neat and pleasing inappearance, and reliable and satisfactory for use wherever foundapplicable.

Many other objects and advantages of the construction herein shown anddescribed will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which thisinvention appertains, from the disclosures herein given.

To this end, my invention consists in the novel construction,arrangement, and combination of parts herein shown and described, andmore particularly pointed out in the claims. 7

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like '01corresponding parts throughout the views,

Figure I is a perspective view of my appliance, shown mounted upon awater-waving comb, the latter being shown in dotted lines; and

Figure II is a longitudinal sectional View through the same.

The operation of water-waving comprises dampening the hair, inserting apair of combs through the dampened hair, the teeth of the combs beingextended in opposite directions so that they may pass one another orintersect. Then the pair of combs are held in this relationship for thedesired interval of time, during which time the hair may dry, eitherentirely or partially, and after which the combs are removed.

The diflicult part of the operation or treament is the fastening of thecombs so that they will stay in the desired position for the dryinginterval. Obviously it would not be practical for the operator tomanually hold the combs in their mutually opposed relation until thehair has properly dried. Various makeshifts are used to accomplish thisresult, some of them being the tying of thread or rubber bands about thecombs themselves or about hair pins or the like fastened insecurelythereto, hair pins alone, etc. With these makeshifts, however, it isessential that the operator secure the aid or Serial No. 75,682.

assistance of another person before the least degree of success may beobtained. Such a practice is not only oftentimes impossible, but is veryundesirable, and where done in commercial establishments or beauty shopsis uneconomical. Even when using the methods above described, the combsare apt to become loosened, thus decreasing the of fectiveness of theWork or at least diminishing its appearance.

In the drawing, wherein Ihave illustrated one of the preferredembodiments of my invention, C indicates a hair-waving comb of anydesired or preferred construction, the same not forming a part of myinvention, and comprising generally the teeth 3' extending in seriesfrom the handle or back 4-. These combs are generally arcuate alongtheir length in order to better fit the head.

The appliance itself is in the form of a clipmade of a single piece ofmaterial of the desired thickness and resiliency. This clip ispreferably made of a strip of material, which is bent or looped at apoint intermediate its ends, as at 5, to form a generally U-shapedmember having the pair of flatlegs 6 and 7, the former being preferablylonger thanthe latter.

These legs, extending in the same direction, converge somewhat towardtheir free ends, and are reversely bent at the extremities of their freeends, as shown. Thus the legs must be slightly spread when mountingthe-clip upon the comb, andthe tipso'l" the legs will not mar or scratchthe comb or the operator as they are rounded of]? and reversely bent.

The material of the longer leg is slit and pressed outwardly of theplane of the main body portion of said leg to provide the pair of prongs7 and 8, these prongs being spaced apart lengthwise of the leg andextending in mutually opposite directions, as shown. One of the prongshas its free end toward the free end of the leg 6, and the free end ofthe other prong toward the looped end 5 of said leg.

In order to strengthen the clip where it has been slit or cut away toform the prongs, I have provided reinforcements in the form of ribs 11,these ribs extending on said leg 6'lengthwise thereof and closelyadjacent the prongs 7 and 8.

l/Vhen using my improved devices upon waterqvaving combs, these combsare ar Elli ranged in pairs, inthe usual manner, and one or more clipsare mounted upon each of the combs, as shown in the drawing. The combsare arranged in the desired relationship, after which a strand ofmaterial as for instance a thread 12 is wound at one end about both theprongs 7 .and 8 of one clip in order to anchor said end of the thread,and then the thread is passed over the prongs 7 of the remainder of theclips, anchoring the thread at the last or end clip bypassing the sameabout both the prongs 7' and 8 provided thereon. It will be under: stoodthe thread is passed from the clips on one comb to the clips on theother comb, alternately, somewhat in the manner of glacing a shoe lace,or in a zig-zag direction.

The pair of combs will be retained for any predetermined periods of timein their desired relationship, as the thread will be anchored at bothends and willdraw the combs together at various points along the lengthof the combs, there being any de:

sired number of clips used, as previously explained. The use of" myclips makes the entire operation of hair-waving so simple that no one,other than the operator is required to make a workmanlike job, thuslimiting myself 'to'the exact construction,-

form, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described,or uses mentioned, except as limited by the claims. What I claim asnewand desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. The combnation with a comb, of a.

clip frictionally mounted thereon and provided with a prong adapted tohave one mounted comb toward said first comb.

2. A hair-waving appliance adapted to be used in combination with acomb, comprising a pair of spaced legs joined together. at one end toform a substantially U-shaped member constructed to straddle said comb,and aprong on one of said legs, extending outwardly toward said joinedends. I

,3. A toilet appliance comprising a strip of material bent to form apair of fiat legs slightly convergent toward their free ends and adaptedto straddle a comb, one of said legs being longer'than the other, a pairof prongs struck up from the material of said longer leg, said prongsbeing spaced apart lengthwise'of said legand extended outwardly of thematerial thereof, and reinforcement ribs struck up on said leglongitudinally thereof adjacent to and longitudinally of said prongs.

4:. A clip adapted to be removably and frictionally mounted upon a haircomb,,

comprising a pair of spaced flat legs extending inthe same direction andjoined to-- 'gether at one end whereby they may straddle the comb, and-aprong on one of said legs, said prong extending outwardly thereof andtoward the joined end, whereby a thread may be wound about said prong inorder to draw the comb toward a si1nilarly mounted comb'andholding it sofor any desired length of time.

5. In a device of the kind described and in combination with a hair combhaving teeth extending from the top thereof, of a prong mounted adjacentsaid top inter- -mediate the ends of said comb and extending in adifierent direction than said teeth, whereby said prong may form ananchor for a strand of thread.

MABEL DEWEY.

